Mazzeo: Human taste is not a durable moat against AI generation
Matt Mazzeo · How to Scale a Profitable Agency with 0 Employees (Using AI Agents) · Jun 6, 2025 · at 30:44
Venture capitalist Matt Mazzeo and podcast host Shaan Puri discuss whether human taste provides a sustainable moat against generative AI, referencing Go champion Lee Sedol's loss to AlphaGo.
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“I think all these people who are, like, taste Is our salvation are going to get leased at all. It's going to hurt real. It's going to hurt real bad. They're going to run into the brick wall of consumer choice on taste.”
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